40-45% of PM job seekers face AI-era take-home interviews — here's what's graded now
aakashgupta · x · 2026-11-02
Product author Aakash Gupta breaks down the homework/presentation rounds reshaping PM hiring in the AI era:
- Prevalence: From interviews and a 160-person job-seeker cohort, 40-45% of PM candidates hit at least one take-home in the past year, and 16-31% of processes assign them; one gaming PM in India saw them in 100% of processes. Anthropic, Databricks, OpenAI, Uber and Stripe all give take-homes — Anthropic's Claude Tag role pays $385K-$460K and explicitly doesn't want you using Claude unless asked.
- What's graded now: AI can produce what anyone would get with the same prompt; what's scored is whether your judgment adds something AI can't.
- The guide: A 6,000+ word deep dive covering formats, two fully broken-down real examples, an AI toolkit including an anti-slop skill, the overall process and common mistakes; paid subscribers get a Homework Red-Team skill.
Useful for PM candidates and hiring managers alike.
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